Has Lions culture finally changed?

Has Lions culture finally changed?

It’s what every coach, executive and high-profile player who’s come through Detroit over the last two decades or so have tried to do.

But according to an increasing number of people who’d know, the atmophere around Allen Park is unmistakably different from the “Lionized” haze of bad luck and low expectations that’s smothered the team headquarters from the moment the facility opened.

Detroit Lions team writer Mike O’Hara first wrote about it last week, during an interview with safety Glover Quin—and the former Detroit News stalwart has been around the team as long as anybody working in media.

“Oh, man – it’s a complete 180 from the first day I got here until now,” Quin told O’Hara. “The culture around the team, the attitude around the team, the vibe around the team–totally different. Guys are totally different. Put it like that.”

Quin arrived in 2013, the year former head coach Jim Schwartz’s fire-breathing message fell on deaf ears, resulting in a 7-9 season and his ouster. Since then, there’s been a new head coach, general manager, team president and even owner.

The difference is apparent to outsiders, too, as NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport tweeted from Allen Park on Monday:

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